Deleting a discovery template – HP Systems Insight Manager User Manual

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To edit a discovery template file:

1.

Select Options

Discovery. The Discovery page appears with the Automatic tab selected.

2.

In the For all automatic discoveries section, select Manage templates. The Manage Templates
section appears.

3.

Select a discovery template file to edit, and click Edit. The Edit Template section appears.

4.

The Discovery template name field is not editable. You must use the existing template name.

5.

To import a file, complete one of the following:

Click Browse to select an existing discovery template file that is present on the local client (the
system from which you are browsing) and click Import

or

Enter the discovery range information into the Contents area.

Note:

Template files cannot be nested, so only ranges are allowed.

6.

To import a file, click OK to save the discovery template file, or click Cancel to close without saving
changes.

Related procedures

Creating a new discovery template file

Deleting a discovery template

Related topics

Discovery and identification

Managing discovery templates

Deleting a discovery template

You can delete existing discovery template files. If you delete a discovery template file, the file is permanently
deleted and cannot be retrieved. Only delete discovery template files if you no longer need them or you are
creating a new discovery template file.

NOTE:

Be sure this template is not currently in use. A template is not in use when the following conditions

are met:

There are no references to it in the Ping exclusion ranges, templates and/or hosts files field in the
General Settings

section.

There are no references to it in the Ping inclusion ranges, templates and/or hosts files field of all
existing discovery tasks.

To delete a discovery template file:

1.

Select Options

Discovery. The Discovery page appears with the Automatic tab selected.

2.

In the For all automatic discoveries section, select Manage templates. The Manage Templates
section appears.

3.

Select a discovery template file to delete.

4.

Click Delete. A confirmation box appears.

5.

Click OK to delete the discovery template file, or click Cancel to cancel the deletion process.

Related procedures

Creating a new discovery template file

Editing a discovery template

Related topics

Discovery and identification

Managing discovery templates

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